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of the people of the world so say it with me the us foreign policy is a blowback inducing homicidal bull in a cultural religious and geo political china shop to change. there is tragedy. for far. too many than. sitting. around. the world. it was not right. feeling. the answer to i served in iraq in two thousand and four and two thousand and six i was in the second battle of. enough allusion november two thousand and four as a human being and as a person who has a heart i can't lie to myself anybody else and say that we had a reason to be there that there's a reason for the million iraqis that died in the five thousand troops said that we say we're the greatest country in the world but we go into you know people in their country but we don't stop genocide in africa we don't help people that we can help that would be the greatest country in the world if we can save a million people instead of killing them and people if you're not convinced our foreign policy is morally bankrupt perhaps we should talk about money next mayors in the united states have need one point four trillion dollar
of the people of the world so say it with me the us foreign policy is a blowback inducing homicidal bull in a cultural religious and geo political china shop to change. there is tragedy. for far. too many than. sitting. around. the world. it was not right. feeling. the answer to i served in iraq in two thousand and four and two thousand and six i was in the second battle of. enough allusion november two thousand and four as a human being and as a person who has a heart i can't lie to myself...
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a lot in terms of foreign policy a state law to them in terms of opening their economies up. to u.s. multinationals who would be and will be very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms and substantial qualities libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year along the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have other countries militaries integrated into the us they get the training then they get the equipment they get the arms it's the full package the idea of proxy armies is not new to the various truck record of training foreign armies has hardly been flawless you have the school of americas for instance which is trained all the the armies that became the torturers of latin america that started after world war two i would say the training troops is especially in the middle east in the case o
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foreign policy everything else check it out coming out next year thanks so much. look don't take it from me take it from the people like william blum who have documented american history in a way our schoolbooks have failed to do so because you see there is no denying the effects of us interventionism around the world and there's no defending it either we're told over and over that we have maintained the wars for national security but this has to stop. it's time to acknowledge that the us is pursuit of security has only served to make this country more and secure. parents versus social workers duckett nabby last stop any that stop kidnapping children have become a prize used to fight full why does the law or threaten families the social for if you see me in the form of they have a right of will call minimal faith but they have any kind of suspicion about the wellbeing of food off your children are often a just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad. from what we have an industry that is so. concentrated on the other for trade with children. the grea
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foreign policy everything else check it out coming out now. next year it's so much you. look don't take it for me take it from the people like william blum who have documented american history in a way our schoolbooks have failed to do so because you see there is no denying the effects of us interventionism around the world and there's no defending it either we're told over and over that we have maintain the wars for national security but this has to stop. its timing of knowledge that the us has pursuit of security has only served to make this country more insecure. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations to rule the day. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. wealthy british scientists are obviously trying to write winter. going to.
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foreign policy everything else check it out coming out now. it so much. look don't take it for me take it from the people like william blow who have documented american history in a way our schoolbooks have failed to do so because you see there is no denying the effects of us interventionism around the world and there's no defending it either we're told over and over that we have maintain the wars for national security but this has to stop. it's time you have knowledge that the us has pursuit of security has only served to make this country more insecure. plenty shouldn't three accreditation three per store charges three for a challenge three. three stooges free. the old free blog loaded video for your media project a free media. dot com you. see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is all. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.
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i am cognizant of the connection, but we are speaking only about foreign policy and in particular in a very focused way on syria. i do want to thank those who made this possible and as chairman of the key subcommittee i value the work that you do, each of you do on a range of policies, whether it is the security of our troops in afghanistan, syria which i will focus on but also the work you do to strengthen our policy as it relates to the regime in iran. your team has brought to the forefront carefully thought out and persuasive research and policy positions that have been an outstanding resource for those of us in congress and i am grateful for that help. i know that the theme of this year's forum is, quote, dictators and dissidents:should the west choose sides? quite topical given the events that have played out most recently whether it is the arabs spring, or nascent democratic openings, i would argue the central question maybe is one of process. that question being whether the u.s. the west should support the democratic process such that citizens are able to choose their own lead
i am cognizant of the connection, but we are speaking only about foreign policy and in particular in a very focused way on syria. i do want to thank those who made this possible and as chairman of the key subcommittee i value the work that you do, each of you do on a range of policies, whether it is the security of our troops in afghanistan, syria which i will focus on but also the work you do to strengthen our policy as it relates to the regime in iran. your team has brought to the forefront...
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. >> rose: today the united states face as wave of foreign policy challenges, including the pressing question of how to respond to the potential use of chemical weapons by the assad government in syria, the government warned him of the consequence conditions consequences he could expect. >> i want to make it clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching, the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> rose: i am pleased to have bob gates back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so what are you doing since you left government? >> well, i am working on a book, a mental with a of my time under presidents bush and obama as secretary of defense, and doing some speaking but staying as far from washington, d.c. as i can. >> rose: when you look at writing a book, i mean, how hard is that for you to take the time anand think of all of the events and make sure that you get it right as you recollect it? >> first i have
. >> rose: today the united states face as wave of foreign policy challenges, including the pressing question of how to respond to the potential use of chemical weapons by the assad government in syria, the government warned him of the consequence conditions consequences he could expect. >> i want to make it clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching, the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using...
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studying the foreign policy making of the u.s. for the past 75 years particularly. i don't think it is an exaggeration to say, as we look back on this period, it will be viewed as extraordinary. i think it will stand out as one of the best years of leadership in the state department that we have had. and i would add that, for those of you who are waiting this in your mind, it represents a big step forward in that regard. because the state department can focus on enfranchising the disenfranchised and get as much credit for it that in the past it would have gone for invading another country. that is progress for us. [laughter] i think that is why we consider this an extraordinary achievement. the other thing that is done here that is not hyperbole although it is extraordinary, it says that you have been one of our leading global thinkers in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. we do like the idea of your leaving office. but it would be nice to give somebody else a chance. [laughter] having said that, the other thing that makes this a were qu
studying the foreign policy making of the u.s. for the past 75 years particularly. i don't think it is an exaggeration to say, as we look back on this period, it will be viewed as extraordinary. i think it will stand out as one of the best years of leadership in the state department that we have had. and i would add that, for those of you who are waiting this in your mind, it represents a big step forward in that regard. because the state department can focus on enfranchising the...
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that's a whole foreign policy package, because you have to do the state department, cia, defense, national security, u.n. ambassador depending on what moves he makes. it's a whole puzzle he has to fill out all the pieces. the national security aadviser is the only one that does not require senate confirmation. >> it feels kind of like it, and yachlt when you look at it politically it feels like the yes susan rice and no susan rice for state is the first domino that if you go with her, then maybe john kerry for defense. there's a lot of moving parts, so he has to make the susan rice decision first. all the other decisions frankly will be easier after that one. >> is that decision is related to a lot of other things. it basically is how much of a fight do you want to have right now with senate republicans? >> to not go off the fiscal cliff. >> and whether you can back down after that you have been so aaggressive against you. stay tuned. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online. tamron has as a look at what's next on "news nation." >> great to see you
that's a whole foreign policy package, because you have to do the state department, cia, defense, national security, u.n. ambassador depending on what moves he makes. it's a whole puzzle he has to fill out all the pieces. the national security aadviser is the only one that does not require senate confirmation. >> it feels kind of like it, and yachlt when you look at it politically it feels like the yes susan rice and no susan rice for state is the first domino that if you go with her,...
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policy victory for president obama after all the u.s. provided most of the firepower which led to the capture and the killing of moammar qaddafi only after the tragic attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the murder of the american ambassador there did leave you come back into a spotlight and the chaos that we see there now flies in the face of that success story narrative protests frequent. disrupt operations at the main oil refinery in western libya while the new government in libya has little or no control over the numerous militia groups the civil war has left the country shredded to pieces with radical islamic taking advantage of the chaos so many in the post-revolutionary north african countries despair and violence have replaced the hopes of the arab spring in washington i'm going to check out. and news just in the new egyptian draft constitution has been approved after voting in the islamist dominated a sample the draft must now be passed in a nationwide referendum which the president said would be held soon the document h
policy victory for president obama after all the u.s. provided most of the firepower which led to the capture and the killing of moammar qaddafi only after the tragic attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the murder of the american ambassador there did leave you come back into a spotlight and the chaos that we see there now flies in the face of that success story narrative protests frequent. disrupt operations at the main oil refinery in western libya while the new government in libya...
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foreign policy. you know, it's about getting rid of so and so and so, and the same thing happened in iraq and iran, and this or that person or this or that system, but, unfortunately, there's never any thought into what is going to come after so if we get rid of the government and support the organization, and, you know, just imagine that. do you think in the long run it's going to get beerer? it's about thinking ahead and not just seeing the front of our noses. thank you. >> thank you.Ñi >> the staff had to make the plan for the division without considering the atomic bomb. it was estimated that the land would cost $700,000, and 250,000 youngsters and 500,000 of them named for life. >> as harry truman's grand sop, in the middle of this, i choose to honor both, both the sacrifice and the sacrifice that the american men fought through the specific, and of a little girl like sadoko who died as a result of the atomic bombing. unimaginable what that must have. like to be close to that, to the center whe
foreign policy. you know, it's about getting rid of so and so and so, and the same thing happened in iraq and iran, and this or that person or this or that system, but, unfortunately, there's never any thought into what is going to come after so if we get rid of the government and support the organization, and, you know, just imagine that. do you think in the long run it's going to get beerer? it's about thinking ahead and not just seeing the front of our noses. thank you. >> thank...
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and foreign policy and eastern mediterranean energy issues. she previously served as the research director of the caspian studies program at harvard university. should have been a big ten school. in january, she will be a visiting scholar at georgetown university center for eurasia, russian and eastern european studies. alex anthony to specialize in middle eastern affairs with a focus on iraq to join the middle east institute as an adjective call in 2007. he also lectures as a senior fellow in middle east studies at the u.s. air force special operations school and that the defense is a good of security assistance management. want to welcome all of you and would will start, i think will start with you, dr. shaffer, since you're the prettiest gal at the table. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify in front of this committee. would often think of iran as the middle eastern country but actually it sits in the crossroads of a number of regions, southwest asia, central asia and the caucasus. and actually the influence between iran and the sout
and foreign policy and eastern mediterranean energy issues. she previously served as the research director of the caspian studies program at harvard university. should have been a big ten school. in january, she will be a visiting scholar at georgetown university center for eurasia, russian and eastern european studies. alex anthony to specialize in middle eastern affairs with a focus on iraq to join the middle east institute as an adjective call in 2007. he also lectures as a senior fellow in...
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xi jinping says he wants to pursue a peaceful foreign policy. at the same time, china is locked in territorial disputes with japan and several southeast asian nations over islands in the east and south china seas. xi told a group of foreign academics in beijing that china poses neither a challenge nor a threat. >> translator: looking at china's history, cultural traditions, and current conditions, china will never adopt a policy of dominance or expansionism. our prosperity will bring peace and will benefit the rest of the world. >> analysts say xi hopes to ease concerns that china's new leadership intends to adopt a more hard-line stance in diplomacy. however, on the same day, he told a senior military commander to strengthen missile units for possible conflict. xi has pledged to tackle corruption among party officials. he and the rest of the new leadership are reportedly planning to overhaul the structure of government. government sources say the leaders plan to cut one in three ministries from 27 to 18. they're planning to do away with a railw
xi jinping says he wants to pursue a peaceful foreign policy. at the same time, china is locked in territorial disputes with japan and several southeast asian nations over islands in the east and south china seas. xi told a group of foreign academics in beijing that china poses neither a challenge nor a threat. >> translator: looking at china's history, cultural traditions, and current conditions, china will never adopt a policy of dominance or expansionism. our prosperity will bring...
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it's embarrassing day for american foreign policy today yet they persist and they refuse to depart and leave that or start to school politics today was this this amazing historic chance for the rest of the international community to challenge the u.s. and israel and their dictates and to say in one or more years voice that we do support in principle the establishment of a palestinian state. the historic u.n. vote and prospects for peace are also the topics up for fierce debate in the latest edition of crossfire here's a taste of what's coming up for you later today. that's not the way to run an issue of the people who want to have a homeland yet people want to have a homeland it's not enough to have declaration you have to build your nature towards that. romney is complete lucidity of my clearly not suffering from. but i'm not sure why he's the problem there is the post in the us won't negotiate if you read through go toward two year record the one conclusion you reach the out there on the conclusion is nothing. it's like the children song the wheels from the bus go round the room and
it's embarrassing day for american foreign policy today yet they persist and they refuse to depart and leave that or start to school politics today was this this amazing historic chance for the rest of the international community to challenge the u.s. and israel and their dictates and to say in one or more years voice that we do support in principle the establishment of a palestinian state. the historic u.n. vote and prospects for peace are also the topics up for fierce debate in the latest...
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foreign policy from them first of all. of course syria dominated the press conference the russian and turkish leaders to quote president putin we russia and turkey have common goals when it comes to syria but it's the methods of are reaching that solution peaceful solution and that we cannot really quite agree on just yet other than that of course he also spoke about the necessity of keeping the syrian issue there was a question. with a turkish journalist who said that there is a possibility that syria will attack a notion which the russian president dismissed saying that syria has too much going on inside its borders right now to even think about possibly going outside and attacking somebody he said that notion is simply preposterous he also expressed. the negative opinion requested to place missiles on its border with syria the russian. said that there is a high chance. present they will actually shoot. help in stabilizing the situation in the region only exasperated make it worse because the presence of patriot missiles
foreign policy from them first of all. of course syria dominated the press conference the russian and turkish leaders to quote president putin we russia and turkey have common goals when it comes to syria but it's the methods of are reaching that solution peaceful solution and that we cannot really quite agree on just yet other than that of course he also spoke about the necessity of keeping the syrian issue there was a question. with a turkish journalist who said that there is a possibility...
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as for foreign policies. to a large extent. you know the stance of turkey is similar in many ways to that of russia. to put it into. this was voiced during the meeting of our respective ministers of foreign affairs. we wish. the freewill of nations to prevail we would like to see peace and stability restored in the territory of syria. and and out early this is very significant for the people of syria for our entire region and for the world in general this negotiation. reconfirmed that we share our common goals in the aspiration and you know open minded dialogue between our two nations and i would be of critical importance for the prospects of developing these relations. our understanding of our regional responsibilities our multi-faceted cooperation in the black sea. are good examples for that and in order to develop that strategic outlook i believe that we should serve stability peace and prosperity in the region in from that point of view we value our cooperation with russia very much i believe that turkish russian relations
as for foreign policies. to a large extent. you know the stance of turkey is similar in many ways to that of russia. to put it into. this was voiced during the meeting of our respective ministers of foreign affairs. we wish. the freewill of nations to prevail we would like to see peace and stability restored in the territory of syria. and and out early this is very significant for the people of syria for our entire region and for the world in general this negotiation. reconfirmed that we share...
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foreign-policy and national- security objectives. no other finance ministry in the world houses and operation quite like tfi, one that uses policy making, financial intelligence, regulation, law enforcement, diplomacy, and targeted financial actions. two of tfi's offices existed long before it was created in 2004. since then, ofac administers the bank secrecy act. as our country's financial intelligence unit, other work is done around the world to combat all manner of financial crime. the office of intelligence and an analysis was treated shortly before tfi was established. oia is the fully integrated components of the u.s. intelligence community. the officials in oia and cover potential malefactors and map financial networks. we're the only finance industry the world with their own in- house finance intelligence. a new office was established, the office of terrorist financing and financial crisis. it has response ability for policy-making across the spectrum of illicit finance its advisers work with colleagues in the u.s. security c
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nations the foreign policy. bloodless. they are all here to make it possible. to change chimp on the fly and on our show. the emission free the couldn't take shouldn't three per store charge free arrangement for free the free stooge like fried turkey mostly blown just blown in video for your mediocre. jab's c.e.o. don carty tom. kenniff. leg. length welcome back across the aisle to mind you were talking about the possible the falling of the west's. lead to. live. ok alex i'd like to go back to you in brussels you know outside of the west who are always going to find that the west is seen as a bit very violent ok over the last twenty years it's nato interventions is this something that the west should be proud of. well i mean i think the west is still the largest force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation base terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave error in which europeans
nations the foreign policy. bloodless. they are all here to make it possible. to change chimp on the fly and on our show. the emission free the couldn't take shouldn't three per store charge free arrangement for free the free stooge like fried turkey mostly blown just blown in video for your mediocre. jab's c.e.o. don carty tom. kenniff. leg. length welcome back across the aisle to mind you were talking about the possible the falling of the west's. lead to. live. ok alex i'd like to go back to...
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rand paul has also stakes his political career on decreasing foreign aid that same aid benefited israel to the tune of more than three million dollars last year this trip may help rand shake off fears from israel and its supporters that his policy ideas would cut off the country from american money but here's a question what will his dad ron say at christmas. now on to an issue that has more than five million americans in dire straits student loans there is now more student loan debt than credit card debt in this country and an entire cottage industry dedicated to collecting that debt the department of education pays about a billion dollars to debt collectors each year to track that money down now a new bill from representative tom petrie a republican from wisconsin would make some key changes to the way government handles student debt it would bring automatic withdrawals from borrower paychecks so that some large of those who taxes the debt would be repaid straight from those paychecks but the payments would be capped at fifteen percent of a borrower's income after living expenses and
rand paul has also stakes his political career on decreasing foreign aid that same aid benefited israel to the tune of more than three million dollars last year this trip may help rand shake off fears from israel and its supporters that his policy ideas would cut off the country from american money but here's a question what will his dad ron say at christmas. now on to an issue that has more than five million americans in dire straits student loans there is now more student loan debt than...
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within a day after, we do not address foreign policy issues. we do not address issues of foreign armed agents on the ground. we do with the security or reform. we call for dismantling of the opera system in syria, but we do call for a gradual debaathification as opposed to an immediate one within the government. >> what other members address the question of how to deal with extremist groups and violent groups and if you could talk about the one issue that came out up previously with the potential for extreme likelihood of retaliation against the isle of wight in this post bashar region. >> one of the things i've written about as well is the difference between the iranians and the united states has been that the iranians have looked to game out various contingencies and possibilities in syria. whether assad falls or assad contracts. one of the things they've done is build up the so-called paramilitaries, these isle of wight militias that used to be like games and now have become almost like storm troopers for the regime. with the help of hezboll
within a day after, we do not address foreign policy issues. we do not address issues of foreign armed agents on the ground. we do with the security or reform. we call for dismantling of the opera system in syria, but we do call for a gradual debaathification as opposed to an immediate one within the government. >> what other members address the question of how to deal with extremist groups and violent groups and if you could talk about the one issue that came out up previously with the...
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and foreign policy spokesman for the free democratic party. also coming up though israel has secured unwavering u.s. support when it comes to a palestinian conflict on other issues washington should say no. you're not going to be making decisions for us. later in the program or announced a spin it's a big but it is inskeep explains why the u.s. should establish boundaries in its relationship with israel. egypt's national assembly is expected to vote on a new constitution later on thursday hoping to appease tens of thousands of protesters across the country rage has been maintaining for a week now after president morsi granted himself unchallenged powers although promising to abandon them once a new constitution and parliament are in place journalist peltry has the latest from cairo. when the constitution is drafted and goes through referendum president morsi wrote in his controversial constitution that gratian his extra powers he's assumed will and to this is after the referendum however the real issue the heart of this debate is the constitut
and foreign policy spokesman for the free democratic party. also coming up though israel has secured unwavering u.s. support when it comes to a palestinian conflict on other issues washington should say no. you're not going to be making decisions for us. later in the program or announced a spin it's a big but it is inskeep explains why the u.s. should establish boundaries in its relationship with israel. egypt's national assembly is expected to vote on a new constitution later on thursday...
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policy between them but no coherent policy whatsoever about what to do about the war and didn't mention it. while we have 66,000 americans in that war right now. we have serious things to make serious decisions about as a country. how do we turn down the nonsense enough to hope that our political process can be the means by which we make these grave and serious decisions? joining now is senator jeff merkley of oregon, chief sponsor of the amendment that passed calling on an accelerated withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan. senator merkley, congratulations on the success of that amendment today. >> thank you very much, rachel. it's an incredible amount of things happening around the world today. >> yeah. i feel like this is one of those moments when i have very high hopes and very high wishes for what our political process will be capable of doing, and i have to say, seeing your amendment passed today in such a bipartisan fashion with so much republican support made me have some hope that some of the biggest foreign policy challenges we've got might be tackled in a way that is at l
policy between them but no coherent policy whatsoever about what to do about the war and didn't mention it. while we have 66,000 americans in that war right now. we have serious things to make serious decisions about as a country. how do we turn down the nonsense enough to hope that our political process can be the means by which we make these grave and serious decisions? joining now is senator jeff merkley of oregon, chief sponsor of the amendment that passed calling on an accelerated...
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policy think tank. and steven heydemann, a senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. he's worked with the syrian opposition on the challenges ahead once the assad regime falls. steve, to you first. what do you understand the situation on the ground to be right now in syria? >> we have seen in the past month a significant shift in the momentum of events on the ground. we have seen the opposition increase the effectiveness of its tactics. it has acquired weapons that have permitted it to challenge the regime much more effectively across a broad range of fronts ranging from the south of syria to damascus to the north, and we're seeing this reflected in the regime's response to the opposition including some of the activities surrounding movement of chemical weapons. we don't know exactly what's at stake but part of the speculation is that they're putting themselves into a position in which they could create a defensive zone if it turns out to they're unable to defen
policy think tank. and steven heydemann, a senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. he's worked with the syrian opposition on the challenges ahead once the assad regime falls. steve, to you first. what do you understand the situation on the ground to be right now in syria? >> we have seen in the past month a significant shift in the momentum of events on the ground. we have seen the opposition increase the effectiveness of its tactics. it has...
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he's not reaching out as far as we know to business leaders and other foreign policy experts. talk of chuck hagel. we believe he's been vetted. possibly for the pentagon or cia. we don't know how serious that is. so far, it's all the same circle. >> that's right. >> musical chairs. >> musical chairs. the knock a lot of people in washington give to the obama white house it is too insular and he doesn't pull the kinds of expertise he needs into this white house. there's an opportunity in this second term for him to shake things up a little bit. you know, maybe to bring in new players, new faces who have been there from the clinton white house, and kind of help the dynamic and help the governing because a lot of people on capitol hill even democrats will tell you, he's not good at governing and building coalitions. maybe if he brought some folks in who knew how to do that there would be more give and take on the fiscal cliff issue, on the tax reform and entitlement reforms that we get next year, and there is a sense he really could use a bit of some fresh blood to make things a l
he's not reaching out as far as we know to business leaders and other foreign policy experts. talk of chuck hagel. we believe he's been vetted. possibly for the pentagon or cia. we don't know how serious that is. so far, it's all the same circle. >> that's right. >> musical chairs. >> musical chairs. the knock a lot of people in washington give to the obama white house it is too insular and he doesn't pull the kinds of expertise he needs into this white house. there's an...
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. >> miss merkel conducts foreign policy holding a weapon in her hands. >> the government takes a different view. the defense minister argued that exports to saudi arabia could help stabilize the situation in the middle east. we spoke to a defense analyst. i asked him how likely it is that saudi arabia could use these german tanks to put down uprisings and crush dissent. >> the boxer tanks which are discussed today are an armored vehicle used for transport purposes, not so much for riot control. it is a german-dutch corp. project. it is used mainly for the transportation to protect against insurgents in afghanistan. it is not designed so much for riot control or to control insurgencies, but more to protect the forces of germany and other countries in the field. >> the opposition is accusing the government of flouting court -- german guidelines. is that fair to say? >> the current policy guidelines for arms export in germany go back to the red green government a couple years ago. the current government is more or less responsible for the current guidelines. there is room for improvement. one
. >> miss merkel conducts foreign policy holding a weapon in her hands. >> the government takes a different view. the defense minister argued that exports to saudi arabia could help stabilize the situation in the middle east. we spoke to a defense analyst. i asked him how likely it is that saudi arabia could use these german tanks to put down uprisings and crush dissent. >> the boxer tanks which are discussed today are an armored vehicle used for transport purposes, not so...
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you called our foreign policy feckless. will the world had blood on its hands, everybody, if he unleashes the chemical weapons and we see tens of thousands of people dead or is this something we just can't police the world and we are going to have to stand by and watch this. >> i think we would be directly responsible. all of those who argued against intervention warned us that if we intervene, these terrible things would happen, well, we didn't intervene, and all these terrible things, the consequences have been huge. as we sat by and watched these 40,000 people massacred. so it was very clear that there's moral died da and jihaddists in syria. they are, by the way, pretty good fighters. some of the arms, because we didn't supply it, of that come from saudi arabia have gone to not we won't want. because we didn't establish a safe zone and be organized and have a benghazi, they have been disjointed and unable to coordinate together. all of the things that they said, the critics said if we intervene these things will happen,
you called our foreign policy feckless. will the world had blood on its hands, everybody, if he unleashes the chemical weapons and we see tens of thousands of people dead or is this something we just can't police the world and we are going to have to stand by and watch this. >> i think we would be directly responsible. all of those who argued against intervention warned us that if we intervene, these terrible things would happen, well, we didn't intervene, and all these terrible things,...